Airship.



L. ARNHEITER.

AIRSHIP.

APPLICATION FILED 00T, 6, 1908.

Patented Ma'y '17, 1910.

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L. ARNHEITER.

AIRSHIP.

APPLIcATIoN FILED o oT. e, moa.

958,460. Patented May 17, 1910.

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W/NEsSEs /NVENTo/ sy ze ATTORNEYS To* all whom it may concern:

LoUIs AENHEITER, or JERSEY CITY, NEW JEEsEY.

' AIBSHIP.

specmeation of Letters Patent.

Patented May 17, 1910.

Application led October 6, 1908. Serial No. 456,499.

Be itknown that' I, Louis ARNHEI'EER, a

citizen of the United States, and a residentv of Jerse City, in thecounty of Hudson and State o New Jersey, have invented a new andImproved Airship, of which the followl infis a full, clear, and exactdescription.

he object of the invention is to provide a new and improved air ship oraeronef, arranged to provide a large sustaining surface, and to permitof conveniently raising,

lowering, propelling and steering the 'au' ship in any desireddirection.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations ofthe same, which will be more fully described hereinafter and thenpointed outin the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in

which similar characters of reference indicate oorrespondin parts 1nboth v1ews.

Figure 1 is a ront elevation of the improvement, parts being in section;and Fig.

2 is a plan'view of the same, parts being.

broken out.

The skeleton frame-work A for the air ship, consists-essentially of anopen-work platform A and standards A2 connectedl with the platform A andbraced with the same by suitable braces A3, as indicated in thedrawings. The lower ends of the standards A2 are provided' with wheels Bfor supporting the'airk ship on the ground or ona suitable platform. Acar Cis suspended from the platform A by suitable brackets C', andbraces C2, and in the said car C is arranged a motor D of any approvedconstruction.

A main sustaining surface or aeroplane E is mounted on top of theplatform A y and is in the form of an arch, open at the front, rear andbottom, as plainly indicated in the drawings, and on oposite sides ofthis main sustainmg surface but smaller auxiliary sustaining surfaces Fand F', likewise inthe form of an arch, parallel to the sustainingsurface E. Under the auxiliar sustaining surfaces F and F are mount theraising and lowering wheels H and H, driven from the motor'D by asuitable gearing, and under the 4 main sustaining surfaceE are mountedthe propelling wheels G and G', likewise driven from the motor D bysuitable connections, as indicated in the drawings. The wheels H and arearranged similar- H are disposed horizontally and when rotated serve tolift the air ship, and the propellersG and G are disposed vertically andwhen rotated serve to propel the air ship either in a forward or abackward direction, it being understood that the wheels G and G rotatein opposite directions.

The front and rear ends E', E2 of the main sustaining surface E arepreferably made in exible, longitudinally-extending sections, asindicated 1n Fig. 2, and to the sections are att-ached cords E3connected with a main cord E4, under the control of the operator locatedin the car C, so that 4when the cord E*1 is pulled lthe front and rearends E', E2 are swung downward, to partly close the front and rear endsof the main sustaining surface E, .thereby forming a parachute out ofthe main sustaining surface E, in case of accident to the machinery, ltoinsure slow descending to the ground.

,By arranging the main sustaining surface E inthe form of an arch-shapedhood, an

-exceedingly large surface or aeroplane is provided 1n a comparativelysmall space, to

. properly support the air ship while in the a1r, and to present littleresistance to the air ship when moving forward and backward through theair. The car C is preferably in the form of a boat capable of floatingon the water if required, and to allow the aerial vessel to again risefrom the water.

It will be observed that in the form of propeller shown, the blades arearched and have their' openings in the plane of the wheel, so thatwhenthe said propellers rotate lhey exert a drawing action on the air im-vmediately in front thereof, which air is forced toward the 'center ofthe pro eller, and a forward motion is thus produce ,since the tendencyof the vane is to travel forward and as the airis discharged rearwardlythe reaction produced'thereby is also-utilized.

lA travel of the current of air through the arched sustainin surfaceresults, -and by tilting such sur ace an upwardly lnclined eov movcmentmay be obtained. The lifting screws asslst in this movement in the samemanner, the blades of the wheels being constructed in the same manner asthe blades of the Wheels of the propeller.

Having thus described /my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. An air ship, comprising a skeleton frame having a platform, a carsupported on the said Yrar'ne, and a main sustaining surface mounted onthe said frame in the form of an arch open at the front, rear andbottom, auxiliary sustaining surfaces on the said frame and located onopposite sides of the said main sustaining surface and parallel thereto,the auxiliary sustaining surfaces being each in the form of an arch, andraising and lowering propellers mounted on the said frame under the saidauxiliary sustaining surfaces. l 2. An air ship, comprising a skeletonframe having a platform, a car supported on the said frame and a man1sustainlng surfacev mounted on the said frame in the form of an archopen at the front, rear and bottom, auxiliary sustaining surfaces on thesaid frame and-located on opposite sides of the said main sustainingsurface and parallel thereto, the auxiliary sustaining surfaces beingeach in the form o f` an arch, a car supported on the said frame belowthe said ing surface and drivenl from the said motor for propelling theair ship forward or backward, and raising and lowering propellersmounted under the said auxiliary sustaining surfaces and driven from thesaid motor.

3. Anl air-ship comprising an open-work' and guiding propellers insideof the ormer plane.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specilication in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

' LOUIS ARNHEITER.

lVitne'sses:

THnoDoRn ARNHErrEB, JOHN LECHLER.

